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Thomas E. Jackiewicz

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Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer for USC Health

Thomas E. Jackiewicz was appointed senior vice president and chief executive officer for USC health effective Jan. 1, 2012. Reporting directly to the president, Jackiewicz is primarily responsible for oversight of the university’s private-practice clinical activities, including the Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital and Keck Medical Center of USC. He is also a member of the Keck Medicine Oversight Committee and serves as vice chair of the USC Hospitals Governing Board.

Before joining USC, Jackiewicz was chief executive officer of UC San Diego Health System (encompassing UC San Diego Medical Center, UC San Diego Thornton Hospital, UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego Shiley Eye Center, and UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center) and associate vice chancellor of University of California, San Diego, Health Sciences.

Prior to this, he served as chief operating officer of Columbia University Medical Center and as senior associate chair for finance and administration for the department of medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions at Oregon Health Sciences University and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Jackiewicz has served as national chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Business Affairs. He is currently a board member of the UHC and the Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties, and a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems. He also serves on the board of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, San Diego. In addition, he was elected to serve as chair of the Founder’s Board of the Dr. Foster 2011 Global Comparators Project, a board composed of CEOs and other leaders from 31 top-ranked hospitals in five countries.

Jackiewicz earned his master of public health in health policy and management from Columbia University and his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia.

Last Updated: 01/09/11